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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||||
| SALIENT CEMENT STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||||
| United States:2 | |||||||||||||||
| Production: | |||||||||||||||
| Cement3 | 88,900 | 89,732 | 92,843 | 97,434 | 99,319 | ||||||||||
| Clinker | 78,451 | 81,517 | 81,882 | 86,658 | 87,405 | ||||||||||
| Shipments from mills and terminals:4, 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Quantity | 112,510 | 108,500 | 111,000 | 120,000 | 127,000 | ||||||||||
| Value 6�������������������������������������� � | 8,600,000 | 8,250,000 | 8,340,000 | 9,520,000 | r | 11,600,000 | |||||||||
| Average value7 | dollars per metric ton | 76.50 | 76.00 | 75.00 | 79.50 | 91.00 | |||||||||
| Stocks at mills and terminals, yearend | 6,600 | 7,680 | 6,610 | 6,710 | 7,390 | ||||||||||
| Exports of cement and clinker | 746 | 834 | 837 | 749 | r | 766 | |||||||||
| Imports for consumption: | |||||||||||||||
| Cement8 | 23,694 | 22,198 | 21,015 | 25,396 | 30,403 | ||||||||||
| Clinker | 1,782 | 1,603 | 1,808 | 1,630 | 2,858 | ||||||||||
| Total9 | 25,474 | 23,801 | 22,823 | 27,026 | 33,261 | ||||||||||
| Consumption, apparent10 | 112,810 | 110,020 | 114,090 | 121,980 | r | 128,280 | |||||||||
| World, productione, 11 | 1,740,000 | r | 1,850,000 | 2,030,000 | r | 2,190,000 | r | 2,310,000 | |||||||
| eEstimated.� rRevised. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Unless otherwise indicated, data are for portland (including blended) and masonry cements only.� Even where presented unrounded, data | |||||||||||||||
| are thought to be accurate to no more than three significant digits. | |||||||||||||||
| 2Excludes Puerto Rico. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Includes cement produced from imported clinker. | |||||||||||||||
| 4Includes imported cement and cement made from imported clinker.� Includes sales by import terminals. | |||||||||||||||
| 5Shipments to final domestic customers.� Data are from an annual survey of plants and terminals and may differ from the totals in table 9, | |||||||||||||||
| which are based on consolidated monthly surveys from companies. | |||||||||||||||
| 6Value at mill or import terminal of cement shipments to final domestic customers.�� | |||||||||||||||
| 7Total value at mill or import terminal divided by the total tonnage sold.�� | |||||||||||||||
| 8All forms of hydraulic cement or clinker, respectively. | |||||||||||||||
| 9Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||
| 10Production (including that from imported clinker) of portland and masonry cement plus imports of hydraulic cement minus exports of | |||||||||||||||
| cement minus change in yearend cement stocks. | |||||||||||||||
| 11Total hydraulic cement.� May include clinker exports for some countries.� | |||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program